Tag: News Release

Would you rather get $50 today or $100 next year?

Research digs into reasoning and decision-making for “time discounting.”
Daily self-weighing can prevent holiday weight gain

Exposure to daily weight fluctuations motivated behavioral change.
Legion Pool to open May 23 for summer season

Pool open to faculty, staff, students and Friends of Campus Life members.
Statistical model could predict disease outbreaks

It includes preventable childhood infections such as measles and pertussis.
UGA Presents releases 2019-2020 performance lineup

Sutton Foster and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra top list.
Law firm establishes scholarship to honor UGA law school’s advocacy director

Kellie R. Casey Scholarship to be awarded for interest or achievement in advocacy.
Food for thought: Maiolica at the Georgia Museum of Art

Exhibition displays illustrated pottery from Renaissance Italy.
Museum exhibition shows jewelry as sculpture

Works by David Hayes on view at Georgia Museum until July 28.
UGA professor to co-lead female Nat Geo expedition

They will study the plastic pollution crisis in the Ganges River.
Eight powerful documentaries selected for Peabody 30

Kartemquin Films also was named recipient of the Peabody Institutional Award.
Entomologists uncover Florida fire ant matriarchy

Researchers find colonies of tropical fire ants that thrive with multiple queens.
Grammy-winning Steep Canyon Rangers to perform

They have a bluegrass aesthetic with elements of pop, country and folk rock.
Rita Moreno to receive Peabody Career Award

Award is for those whose work in electronic media has left an indelible mark.
Ginseng in decline in the eastern United States

Overharvesting is the culprit, but that trend could potentially be reversed.
Jerusalem Quartet to perform in Hodgson Hall

The award-winning ensemble’s program will feature string quartets by Haydn, Beethoven.
Bromethalin is poisoning the parrots of Telegraph Hill

Study caps a multi-year effort to determine cause of a neurological disease.
Medical students get red carpet matches

Match Day brings good news about their next career step.
The ‘Adventures of Alvin Sputnik’ to visit UGA

Family-friendly show melds technology and multimedia into a touching story.
Toxic toads can tolerate environmental contaminants

About 40 percent of the world’s amphibian populations are threatened with extinction.
Animal carcasses were source of river nutrients

Research suggests that current models of freshwater ecosystems are incomplete.
Poor sleep a problem for foster children

Study found the health effects of childhood insomnia can persist into adulthood.
Hu named senior vice president for academic affairs and provost

He is currently the vice president for research at the University of Michigan.
UGA welcomes Grammy-winning Silkroad Ensemble

The group was conceived by renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma in 1998.
Don’t panic: Lessons learned from Hawaii false alarm

“Ballistic missile threat” message made residents verify and check with others.